Just before 3pm on Thursday December 26, 2019, seasonally employed and off-duty volunteer Surf Lifeguards from Surf Life Saving New Zealand were called to two men caught in a rip at Onemana Beach, on the Coromandel Peninsula.
Read more...At 10.15am on December 25, volunteer Surf Lifeguards from the Surf Life Saving Northern Region were called to a man in distress at Uretiti Beach.
Read more...At 4.11pm on December 21, Surf Life Saving NZ’s Otago Search and Rescue Squad were called to two people in the water at Cape Saunders, Otago.
Read more...Inflatable kayaks, dinghies and rafts might be convenient and lightweight – but they also come with risk. Surf Life Saving New Zealand, Maritime New Zealand and the Kiwi Association of Sea Kayakers (KASK) wants people who get on the water this summer to stop and think before they use an inflatable vessel.
Read more...The May 2019 rescue of three boaties in difficulty at Mangawhai Heads has claimed third place in Surf Life Saving New Zealand’s BP Rescue of the Month competition.
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